The Sun. — London, England, 1838-02-15 00:00:00

RAND JURY PRESENTMENTS (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. MA HONY said that as the Government had taken this Bill out of his hands, he willingly resigned it to them. Lord Al ORPETH said that he did not pledge himself to the precise Bill of the Hon. Gentleman ; but as the Grand Jury system in Ireland required, he thought, some alteration, he would bring in a Bill on the part of the Government, on the subject. Mr. MAHON? then, with consent of the House, with drew his Bill. CUSTODY OF INFANTS BILL. Ur. Sergeant TA LFOURD moved the second reading Or the Custody of Infants' Bill. Sir E. SUGDEN said, that strongly objecting, as he did, to the principle of this Bill, he should move as an amend ment that the Bill be read a second time on that day six Months. If the present Bill should pass into a law, it would give the right of access of a woman divorced from her husband to the:r children, a principle which he did not think that House ought to sanction. There were many other bad effeets Which he thought the Bill would have, and which determined him to press his amendment. Mr. VERNON SMITH hoped the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would not press his amendments, as the objections he had made to it were all of such a nature as might be amended in Committee. The Bill appeared to him to be drawn up with the greatest moderation possible. Sir E. SUGDEN would not press his amendment, but would take the sense of the House upon the Bill, if not altered in tho meantime, on the third reading. Mr. WAKLE Y hoped the Hon. and Learned Sergeant would not admit of any compromise whatever with respect to this Bill, which was looked upon with the greatest satisfaction out of doors. Mr. Sergeant TA LFOURD expressed his willingness to give every possible consideration to the suggestions of his Right Hon. Friend, but would not enter into any compromise whatever. With respect to the principle of the Bill, his only regret was that it did not go far enough. The Bill was then read a second time. The Common Fields Inclosure Bill went through a Com mittee. The Exchequer Bills Bill and the Transfer of Aids Bil were read a second time. Colonel SEALE postponed until Tuesday next the two notices he had upon the paper. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned, at a Quarter to Nine o'Clock. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS Mr. Grote's motion for the adoption of the Ballot in the election of Members of Parliament comes on for discussion this evening. We, of course, know what the result will be, and the only point of doubt is the proportion which the mino rity will bear to the majority. What the Tories, by way of odium, call " secret voting," and what unquestionably merits so to be called, for secret voting is the very principle and foundation of the Ballot, has been growing for some years in public estimation, but especially since the last election, when coercion, intimidation, and influence were employed more or less in nearly every place where there was a contest ; and the question is, whether giving voters the means of exercising their franchise in secret will not greatly diminish, if it do not entirely put an end to, the evil. The opponents of the Ballot Contend in limine that secrecy in voting is impossible, Why ? They answer that electors cannot keep their own counsel—that they will be sure to tell for which candidate they have polled. Ninety-nine may not care whether the fact is or is not known ; but if the hundredth man can prevent it from going beyond his own breast, supposing him to be determined to conceal it, the object is accomplished. The hundredth man may be the poor tenant. at-will or the small shopkeeper, who is at the mercy of his powerful landlord or hid rich customer, and his living may depend upon being able to keep his vote unknown. Therefore the question resolves itself into this—ls it possible to adopt any mechanical connivance so fitted to the purpose that the elector may give his suffrage conscientiously, and, if he thinks fit, defy the world to discover which way he has voted ? This will only be denied by such as are driven to a desperate extremity for an argument on which to found their resistance, and we undertake that they shall be confuted by a house-carpenter. Mr. Grote has shown that it is easily prac ticable, and for ourselves we say that if it were not, we should be ready at once to give up the question. We should consi der the question fatal; it would no longer be " secret voting," but voting that may or may not be secret according to circum stances; and the opponents of the system, in denominating it " secret voting," admit ex vi terminorum that discovery can not be made. It either is or is not secret voting :if it be, that is all we want ; and if it be not, we confess the whole project futile. It may be contended that some good would be done by partial secrecy. Partial secrecy is no secrecy ; it is a contradiction in terms ; or admitting for a moment what is meant by those who use the words, we say that the secrecy Which depends upon the indifference, carelessness, or want of Watchfulness in an adversary is not worth having : it is worse than the present model of polling, for it would have such evils as some people argue belong to secret voting, with none of its unquestionable advantages. Besides, the negligence of the opposite party in such a case is the last thing to be reckoned upon. Not a few who allow that a mechanical Contrivance may be resorted to, which will defeat all the eager Prying of the most lynx-eyed enemy at an election, still argue I" s t, although secrecy is possible, it is to the highest degree 111 Probable. Take it so : that is all we want: we ask no mo re than a method of giving the suffrage by which an electo r may conceal his vote if he be resolved to do So, How many may avail themselves of this strict se crecy, we know not • but we insist upon it that the elector s of the United Kingdom ought to have the choice of protection if they think they need it. We are not surprised !bat large landed proprietors and others o f wealth and in 'l,eenae should be opposed to the Ballot ; but the more stron g l y they resist its adoption the more convinced arc we that they arc afraid it will undermine their power, and we Contend that fur this very reason it ought to be made part of the law of the land. If we saw the Tories indifferent on t he subject—if they were lukewarm in their opposition, or were, in a manner, silently consenting parties to the experi tuent of the Ballot, we own that we might take the alarm, and begin to fancy that we were under a delusion as to its ef fects in liberating constituencies from their thraldom. We should be apprehensive that the Tories believed that the Ballot Would rather play their game than defeat it. But when we find, year after year, that they resist it with all their energies—that they display towards it the 111 °st deadly animosity—that they denounced it in every ssib'e way—and that with unabating industry they furbish up all sorts of arguments, good, bad, and indif trarent, plausible, pitiable, or desperate, against it, we can 9t belt, being persuaded that, independently of our own con tletions from facts and reasoning, this very circumstance forms " Most excellent ground for strenuously supporting it. But —(say the opponents of the Ballot) what a useless Piece of m ac hinery is this What do you expect to gain by even if you obtain secrecy? You talk of coercion and jiueltY, but will they not be practised just as much after the allot as befo r e it ?" We answer, no. Prone as the Tories 1 7 4 Y be to compel their vassals to vote, or to punish them for yore °t votin g the right way—little as they may scrle o the of justice or humanity to inflict ver sseance up for di n sobe -I?°ce. they cannot do it upon bare suspicion, especially when involves, as it inevitably will, whole classes in the imaginary guilt. The most malignant viliian ever means(' by the imagi nation of a poet exclaims— " But I for mere suspicion in that kind Will do as if for surety." ~Isnd do the opponents of the Ballot mean to argue that the t °ries would act upon the same principle, and adopt the same rule of conduct ? But admitting that they would, " their fea rs won't l e t th em ," an d th e ir s e lfish interests stand in their W0 )'• Whatever may have been done in Ireland, in this 131 . 1 ntry landlords cannot drive out whole bodies of tenantry be cause e they h ave vo t e d ac c or ding to their consciences ; and I v Public opinion did not restrain them, their private purses ,9 41 d. A good landlord, after the introduction of the Ballot, 0 1 still preserve his influence among his dependents—with him property will have its true and legitimate weight : he may de pend upon the suffrages of his tenants whenever a higher d uty does not govern them, and when it does he will be the 1 3 ast to visit them with consequences. It is the main excel 'Nee of the Ballot that it protects the voter from the bad ken's vengeance, and when once it is established we shall ° °ll hear no more of intimidation before an election, or of suf fering after it. Let the comparative numbers on Mr. Grote's nx:otior, to-night be what they may, sure we are that ere long H e shall see it carried, and carried by such a majority that the ° use of Lords will not be able to resist the chan it ge. The e a `'i l u ntre calls for it—voters, where they dare speak out, in stif quarters and in all circumstances, require it as a necessary eti eguard ; and of late numerous meetings have been held, at ' e h petitions to Parliament have been agreed to, demanding elj ti e t e t , l le Reform Bill shall thus be rendered effectual for its their ts• If Members of the House of Commons could see thi s interests real. interests aright, they would not hesitate to make r ee l c oncession, which in a pecuniary point of view would ef ine a most important saving, would do away with al l the sa si g al expenses of elections, render the disgusting toil of a sb i :e , ss needless, and spare the enormous and often ungove!•n thu)st consequent upon election petitions. We say nothi . ng Pia demoralization of the people caused by the coiruption fu r under the existing system —Morning Chronicle. thes readers will find in another column the annual report of e "nunercial Steam-packet Company. This Company, as te;tPu'blic are aware, was established about three years since, red u s e ° . iinich for the purpose of realising great profits, as to te ssei c ' by competition, the enormous charges made by the H ors, s Plying upon the lines where it commenced its opera extry It is , t h ere f ore , pecu li ar ly gr atifying to perceive the (e )tr ;"rdinary success which has crowned the exertions of the Pr P e‘ a nY• At first it started with but too vessels, and the Co "` was held in the utmost contempt. The vessels of the des, nV, however, now amount to 14, two now vessels are or tol6, to be built or purchased, which will increase the number aat eti u t fure the Ist April, and before the end of the year it is con tivera 'Y expected that the Company will have no less than es st Y vessels in full employment. A dividend of six per tols o w as declared at the meeting, but it was unanimously re otttiae that thi s sum s h ou ld b e a pp ro priated to the increased ep, r Y which the contemplated extension of the Company's tha t at inns will render necessary. It is also satisfactory to add t vita arrangements have been entere 1 into by the Company eisn '"e Swedi s h Government for the transmission of the (I st : between Hull and Gottenburg ; and such is the confi it d e now repo se d i n th e s tability of the Company, that were Ilinebe er of mi d expedi en t, instead of two, to add six more to the • dlts vessels, its shareholders would find no diXmilty i s , 4'39bt in the prudence of increasing their capital. —Morn quertistr. IL % ,t)rd Glen e l, is labouring under slight indisposition. hi a ` 4 ° 4 lshi um ci P has ' ''not been able yesterday or today to attend 41 duties at the Colonial-office.—Standard. IMPORTANT FROM CANADA. FOUR DAYS LATER FROM NEW YORK. (From the New York Gazette of the 24th.) BUFFALO, JAN. 16.—The encampment on Navy Island, as I told ycu, broke up the night before last, the arms, artillery, &c., belonging to this state having been returned. The Militia force was concentrated at the crossing from Grand Island to the mainland on our shore, at which point the Marshal, under the direction of the district attorney, arrested the Chief of the Patriot forces, Van Rensselaer. He was taken to But fa'o, and instantly bailed, and left here again at twelve o'clock to join his command, which, report says, were then straggling through the country, on their way to a point up the lake, where, it is said, trans portation is in readiness to embark them for the Canada shore, in the direction of Detroit, about 750 strong. Colonel Hughes was in corn. mand at Chippewa. M`Nab returned back. The British flag was yesterday hoisted on Navy Island. An extract from the Lewistown Telegraph, contains the following, in relation to the evacuation of Navy Island:— " General Van Renssellaer and the Patriots seem at length to have come Yankea over M`Nah and his Royal boys. It seams that fur seve ral days the island had been in an inadequate state of defence ; all the fleldpieces, small arms, &c., with the exception of the State pro_ party and forty muskets, having left on Thursday last, and gone Dun. combeward. " Ever since that time encroachments might have been made on Mackenzie's Government,' with impunity by her Majesty's forces, if they had known a thing or two.' Our informant says, that the army was disbanded this morning at two o'clock, and started for Whitehaven, on Grand Island, from which place they were to cross over to the Arne. rican side, and then,—we don't know what—but it is presumed that there is a principle of cohersion among them that will ultimately pro duce re-union. " It is said, that before they were disbanded a conference was held to aseertain the numbers who wished to be excused from further duty. About twenty chose to go home. All the others were determined to unite their fortunes with the destinies of Van Renssellaer and 11PRIenzie. What those destinies will be, time will soon disclose." Burpar.o, JAN. 17.—Many rumours are afloat, among them the following:- 1. That fresh disturbances have broken out near Toronto ; that that city had been again alarmed, and that the Patriots and Loyalists have come again in contact, in which the latter had been obliged to retreat until met and supported by a detachment of artillery, when the Patriots were in turn compelled to fly. This report comes through various sources, and with so little variation, as to render it probable there is some foundation for it. (From the Toronto Patriot, Jsn. 11.) This day, at five o'clock, his Excellency comedown to the House, and gave the Royal Assent to the Bill for suspending the Habeas Corpus Act, and the Bill for trying foreigners taken in arms by court-martial. COMMERCIAL, JAN. 23 —The transactions in Exchange on London were very limited, owing to the scarcity of money. Good bills were offered at 109 14 , and cotion and mercantile bills at 149. Treasury notes fell off , and arc 100: . LOSS OF THE STEAMER "CAROLINE"-UNITED STATES' NEUTRALITY. Upper Canada, district of Niagara, to wit :—George Nolop, of the village of Brantford in the district of Gore, yeoman, deposeth and saith, that he is a British subject—that on the 2Sth of this present month, he went over on business to the United States—that on arriving at Fort Schlosser in the United States, he was taken prisoner by a body of armed men, who said they were citizens of the United States ; that he was put under guard and detained for about twenty-four hours ; that he, this deponent, repeatedly applied to be liberated, but was told by the guard that they would not let any damned Tory go ; that while he was a prisoner at Fort Schlosser, he saw a six-pounder, belonging, as the guard informed him, to the United States, taken from the fort, put on board the steam boat Caroline, and taken to Navy Island—that while he was a prisoner he heard the men belonging to the boat state that the boat belonged to the patriots, and that she was to be employed in taking stores, guns, and other necessaries to Navy Island, for the use of the Patriot army—that while deponent was a prisoner some armed men came up to the tavern where he was, and said that the Tories had got the boat—that the men turned out and fired upon the persons they called Tories—that deponent heard from his guard that there were about thirty armed men on board the boat—that during the confusion he made his escape—that when the men of the boat went down to man her, they marched in regular order—that in the guard room, in the tavern where he was confined, there was a cask filled with six-pound shot, and two casks of grape and canister, and the men belonging to the steam-boat said that shot had been taken out of the arsenal at Buffalo, and was to be sent to the Patriots—that one of the crew told the deponent after the steam-boat had been taken that he was sentry on the deck when the attack was made, and de. manded the countersign several times from the attacking party, but they did not give it. GEORGE NOLOP. Sworn before me, at Chippewa, this 20th day of December, 1837, GEO.. RYKERT, J. P. CONTRADICTORY AFFIDAVIT. State of New York, County of Niagara. Henry Emmons, of the town of Niagara, in said county, being duly sworn, says he is bar-tender at the public-house kept by James Field, at Schlosser, in said county, and has been such bar-tender for one month preceding the day of taking this affidavit. That there never has been an individual detained by a military guard at Schlosser during any part of that time; and this deponent further says that from his employment at Schlosser, it would be impossible for any person to be detained there without the knowledge of this deponent. That particularly no such per son as George Nolop ever was known to be at Schlosser in any manner. And this deponent further says, that he has read a copy of Geo. Nolop's affidavit, taken at the district of Niagara, in Upper Canada, on the 30th day of December last, and that no part of the same is true to the know ledge or belief of this deponent; and this deponent further says, that there is no fort at Schlosser, or nearer that pia( e than Fort Niagara, a distance of sixteen miles from Schlosser. That there never was a cask filled with six-pound shot, or two casks of grape and canister, in the house or near the premises where this deponent resides. And this deponent further says that no person fired a gun at the persons engaged in taking the steam-boat Caroline, and massacring the persons on board of her; and that there were no armed men near the boat at the time she lay at the Wharf. That so far as he saw or believes no guns or arms were carried on board said Caroline, by the persons going on board to sleep, the night she was taken. HENRY EMMONS. Sworn and subscribed this Ist day of January, 1838, before me, JAMES M. SMITH, jun., Commissioner of Deeds. State of New York, County of Niagara. Benjamin Holt, Milton Keyes, Alanson Liscom, William Chappell, E. Benton Reynolds, all of Schlosser, in said county, being duly sworn, say that they have heard the foregoing affidavit of Henry Emmons read, and that the same is true its all respects, from their knowledge and be. lief, and that each and all of those deponents were at Schlosser at the time the steam-boat Caroline was taken and burnt. BENJAMIN HOLT. E. BURTON REYNOLDS. ALANSON LISCOM, DI I LTON KEYES. WILLIAM CHAPPELL. Sworn and subscribed, this Ist day of January, 183 S, before me, JAMES M. SMITH, Commissioner of Deeds. Upper Canada, District of Niagara, to wit :—Luke Walker, of the city of Buffalo, in the State of New York, in the United States of Ame rica, labourer, maketh oath and saith that he was on board the steam boat Caroline last night when she was captured ; that there were about thirty armed men on board ; that the said boat, as he understood, was the property of the patriots in Navy Is'and ; she had been employed during the day in taking provisions and stores to the island ; that de ponent was in the cabin lying down, when he heard the watch on the deck cry out, " Hurrn, boys, here comes the enemy l" that he heard the Captain say to the men, " Sep well to-night, for we shall have hard work tomorrow; there arc many gentlemen coming from Rochester, snd we shall have to take them over." Isis LUKE Y. WALKER, mark. Sworn before me at Chippewa, first having being ful:y read and ex. plained to him, this 30th December, 1837. W. HAMILTON MERRITT, J. P. UNITED STATES. (From the New York Journal of Commerce.) PRERIZAVATION OF NEUTAALITY.--It will be seen that Mr. Buchanan's Bill for the preservation of neutralityhas passed the SenatJ without opposition. It has yet to pass the House. The following is a c,py of it : " A Bill to amend an Act entitled ' An Act in addition to the Act fur the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and to tepeal the Acts therein mentioned : approved the 12th of April, 1818.' " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that the several coPec_ tors, naval officers, surveyors, and inspectors of the Customs, the mar. shals and deputy marshals, of the United States, and every other person who may be especially empowered for the purpose by the President of the United States, shall be, and they are hereby respectively authorised and required to seize every vessel or vehicle belonging to any citizen or citizens of the United State, and about to depart the same, when the circumstances of the case shall render it probable that such vessel or ve. hide is intended to be employed in carrying on hostilities against the subjects, citizens, or property of any foreign prince, state, or colony, with whom the United States are at peace ; or in conveying men, arms, or munitions of war to any place from whence such hostilities are car ried on, with intent to give aid and comfort to the persons carrying on the same ; and to detain every such vessel or vehicle, and all arms and munitions of war which may be found therein, until the owner or owners thereof shall enter into bond to the United States, with sufficient sur.. ties, in double the value of the said vessel or v ehicle, and of the pro. perty fount therein, that the said vessel or vehicle shall not be em. ',toyed by such owner or owners, nor by any other person, with his or their consent, or knowledge, in carrying on or aiding such hostilities as above mentioned; or until the President of the United States shall di rect the restoration of the vessel, vehicle, or property so seized. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, that the several officers and persons in the preceding section mentioned shall be, and they are hereby also authorised and required, to seize all arms and munitions of war belong ing to any citizen or citizens of the United States, and about to be car. ried out of the United States, when the circumstances of the case shall render it probable that the same arc intended to be sent to any place from whence hostilities are carried on against the subjects, citizens, or property of any foreign prince, state or colony with whom the United States are at peace, fur the purpose of being used in carrying on such hostilities ; and to detain the property so seized until the owner or own ers thereof shall give such bond and security as is required in the pre ceding section, or until the President of the United States shall direct the restoration thereof. " Sec a Be it further enacted, that if any body of armcd men who have been actually engaged in carrying o n h ost ili t i es aga i nst t h e su b. jests, the citi zens:or property of any f ore i gn prince, state or colcny with whom United States are at pea ce, shall come within the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, whilst such hostilities are pending, it shall be the duty of the several officers or persons hereinbefore mentioned, and they are hereby respectively authorised and required, to seize and take from such body of armed men all weapons and arms brought by them within the Unit. 11 States, and to detain the same until the resp:ctive owners thereof shall give such bond and security as hereinbefore pre scribed, or until the President of the United States shall direct the re storation thereof. " Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, that every person apprehended and committed for trial for any offence against the Act hereby amended, shall, when admitted to bail for his appearance, give such additional security as the Judge admitting him to bail may r equ i re, not to v i olate, nor to aid in violating, any of the provisions of the Act hereby amended. " Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, that whenever the President of the United States shall have reason to believe that offences have been, or are likely to be, committed against the provisions of the Act hereby amended, within any judicial district, it shall be lawful for him, its his discretion, to direct the judge, marshal, and district attorney of such district, to attend at such place within the district, and for such time as he may designate, for the purpose of the more speedy and convenind arrest and examination of persons charg:d with the violation of the Act hereby amended ; and it shall he the duty of every such judge, or other officer, when any such requisition shall be received by him, to attend at the place and for the time therein designated. Sec. p. pp jt further enacted , t hat it shall b e lawful for the Presi. dent of the United States, or ,40 person as he may empower for that purpose, to employ such part of the land PT naval forces of the execution of this 4 c t i • and th e A c t United %atm of pf the militia, as shall !4e neeog4ry pri;y2pt the violation and to enforce thO tin hereby amended." THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1838. COMMERCIAL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY. Yesterday the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company was held at the London Tavern ; Mr. BLEADEN, Chairman of the Board of Directors, in the cha'r. The meeting was exceedingly numerous and highly respectable. The CHAIRMAN stated that the objects of the meeting were to receive the reports of the Auditors to the Board of Direc tors, and the report of the Board of Directors to the body of shareholders, and to declare a dividend for the past year. lie had great satisfaction in believing that the reports would be satisfactory to the shareholders, as he trusted they would see that their interests had been properly attended to, and would feel gratified at the excellent prospect before them of their continued and increasing prosperity. The reports, which would be read by the Secretary, contained all that he could address to them. After they had been read, every Gen tleman might make such observations on them as he might think proper. The SF.CRETARY (Mr. J. Bleaden) then read the reports. First, the Auditors' Report to the Bo:;rd of Directors, from which it appeared that the total receipts of the Company, from the Ist of October, 1836, to the 31st of December, 1837, arnonuted to 133,3881. 11s. 2d.;_ aril its vario us dis burvments in the same period amounted to 130,1761. 14s. Id., leaving a cash balance to the credit of the Company of 1,2111. 17s. Id. They likewise stated that the amount of purchase of the interest in the British and Fort ign Steam Navigation Company amounted to 37,4481. ss. Bd., which sum being arranged by shares being taken, did not interfere with the cash balance. The Report proceeded to state, that looking to the great outlay of the Company in forming and establishing stations, and particularly foreign stations, and being aware that important negociations for other stations are now zn progress, which will be of the first importance to the Company, and which will require renewed and extendad re sources to meet, they could not recommend a dividend to be made to the extent they should otherwise feel it incumbent on them to do, and therefore left it to the discretion and judg ment of the Board to decide as to the amount ; but threw out a suggestion how far the disposable shares of the Company might be made applicable for payment of the same where the amount should exceed five pounds ; and recommended that the certificates should be dated on the Ist of January last, which would give the holders the additional advantage of being entitled to dividend from that date. The Report con cluded as follows :—" On the whole, therefore, we have great pleasure in congratulating the Directors on the present posi tion of the Company; and, considering the immense diffi culties it has surmounted, we have no doubt that should our services be again required in the honourable but ardent office we are engaged in, we shall have to present as flattering and pleasing an account to the Shareholders, as their most san guine expectations can anticipate. We have, therefore, in conclusion, to renew the expression of our approval of the dif ferent matters submitted to our review and consideration." The reading of the Report appeared to give great satisfac. tion. The SECRETARY then read the following Report from the Board of Directors to the Shareholders : " The Report of the Auditors, which has been submitted to the Board of Directors, and by their direction laid before you this day, has so ably explained the position in which the Com pany at present stands, that the Board have but little to add to the statement it contains ; and in following up their recom mendation respecting the dividend on the present occasion, they have no doubt but every proprietor will acquiesce in the views which the Board of Directors have taken on the subject, after the most attentive and mature consideration ; and which is, that a dividend at the rate of six per cent. per annum be made on all payments from their respective dates, to the 31st of December last ; and the Directors arc so well satisfied with the suggestions embodied in the Report of the Auditors, and the urgent reasons they have given fur their recommendation, that they have unanimously resolved to take the amount of their own dividends in shares of the Company, and shall re commend the same to their respective friends, where the amount exceeds the sum of 5 1. ; satisfied that the adoption of this plan will enable the Company to apply its resources to the important object at present under negotiation, and which, when completed, will no doubt form a most valuable addition to the funds of the Company, and considerably increase the value of the interest of each proprietor. The Directors, on reviewing the position of the Company since they had the pleasure of meeting the great body of Shareholders in April last, have certainly much reason to be well pleased at the result. A formidable opposition on every station to which your vessels were sent has given way to a competition honourable and favourable, it is hoped, to all parties, an extensive and extending commercial interest at every port visited by your vessels, and a strenuous and earnest desire at all stations to assist and promote the views of the Company, must, in the end, produce the most beneficial results. The Proprietors must be aware that, in carrying on an important concern such as they are now engaged in, it cannot b e expected that casualties will not sometimes occur; and it must always be a source of deep and lasting regret, when loss of property is attended with loss of life. The former is one that industry and perseverance can replace : the latter is one that we only can hope, under similar calamities, a Divine Providence may in future avert. The Directors consider they could not pass over in silence the total loss of their vessel, tho Apollo ; but, as it will become the subject of legal inquiry, this meeting must be aware it would be imprudent to enter into it farther at the present moment. " The Directors are anxious on every occasion to embrace any opportunity that offers to benefit the rising interest of the Company, and they have, therefore, availed themselves of the earliest moment to obtain the protection of an Act of Parlia ment, passed in the first year of her present Alsjesty's reign, for conferring certain powers and immunities on trading and other Companies ; and they have no reason whatever to doubt that their cifirts will be successful. Oa the whole, therefore, your Executive body can with confidence congratulate the general meeting on its present prospects, its future resources, and the importance of its standing amongst the first Commer cial Companies of this great metropolis ; and they rely with confidence on a continuance of that zeal in its favour which has always been shown by the great body of shareholders, and which must realize those expectations which have b,en formed of it to their fullest extent. " The Directors, in conclusion, have further to inform the feeling it a matt er o f t h e greatest import otrd should be stren g th ene d b y members whose shareholders,iltlnaee sthatand ihce h t a ßb racters will confer honour on it, have elected ti.e gentlemen who staad as Honorary Directors (and who are qualified by their shares), to b e Di rectors, and which they have no doubt will meet the cordial and entire approval of the Proprietors." Mr. WARD congratulated the shareholders on the highly satisfactory reports they had heard read, which proved that the affairs of the Company were in a state o f great prosperity —that they had overcome all their difficulties, an d h a d great l y extended their connection with foreign ports, which, it could not be doubted, would prove a source of lasting advantage. He warmly approved of the recomm en d at i on of the Ward of Directors, that a dividend of six per cent, should be declared, which would be better than declaring a larger dividend, while surmounted hithertolattended, and difficulties by they were making a further outlay of capit a l f or carrying their great undertaking to the extent of which it was certa i nly capable, and to which taey were invited by th e success with which their efforts having so completely which their progress had for a considerabl e ti me b een opposed. lie was satisfied the meeting would feel gr ea t p l easure in re ceiving the reports , and agreeing to the re commendation of the Directors. He concluded by moving th e fi rst resolution. [See advertisement.] orts had beenthe great Mr. MORGAN seconded the resolution, r.nd fully concurred in approval of the reports , and in the recommendation of the Directors. Mr. LILLEY expressed great satisfaction at the reports, and the excellent prospcc's of th e C ompany, and highly approved of the recommendation of the Directors respecting the dividend. The resolution being put from the Chair, was unanimously agreed to. Mr. CARR, in moving the second res o l ut i on, expressed great satisfaction at the recommendation of the report, to increase the capital of the Co.npany by the conversion of dividends into shares, which he hoped, and could not doubt, would be generally adopted by the shareholders. LL moved the third resolution, which was seconded Mr. PRICE seconded the resolution, Whiell was agreed to SMITH moved the fourthwhich • ib A ‘ LDI ONE, rod unanimously agreed to. y A3l,frr r...\l unanimously. v\,o.,NivEs resolution, i, was seconded by Mr. LILLEY, and passed unanimously. Mr. HARSIER, a Director, moved the fifthresolution• . , which was seconded by Mr. J. W . RIGHT, and unanimously agr iN e f e r d . N t V o iRE returned thanks on behalf of the Committee. They all felt p er f ect confi d ence in the success of the concern come, and they might vie with an Other A company had never been formed that had greater difficul: ties to contend with. All their difficulties were now over ence. Their prospects were ally most cheering. They tber company in ex'st were met, when they set out, by an opposition supported by an immense capital that opposition was now removed, and for ever,: because no company i could now and as an agreem ent had ti kenplace between the existing ; companies, the gr eatest advantage would be derived from it. lie was glad they had agreed to apply the dividends to t he purchase of s h ares, as they had now an open course, an d ports to s‘hich to run their boats without opposition, an prosperity and success. . . A resolution requesting. the auditors to conti nue th e ir ser vices, was unanimously agreed to. The several resolutions having passed, The CIIAIRSIAN said he had to state to the meeting, that since they had last met, the Board of Directors had under tlken to do their own repairs, for which purpose they had engaged an able engineer and shipwright, a n d a l so a p l um b er , and he had reason to believe that the saving that should by this mcans be effected would not fall short of 40 per cent. Th e y found that the lowest sum for which they could make a contract for keeping their engines in repair was 6,0001. a year, and he had every reason to believe they should now have it done for 2,0901 a-year. This took from their cash 2001. or 3004 a week, and made it desirable that shares should be taken, as also to pay for the Grand Turk and the vessel now laid down ; and he was satisfied those who took shares first would he best off.—( Mr. PEag , ieti i. in mo v i ng th e vo t e o f t h an k s to t h e Secre tary, said the (Jompany had the great advantage of having a Secretary who devoted himself day and night to their interests. Mr. RonissoN seconded the resolution, and said it waR possible that an y C ompany could have a more industrious or Eizereta - ! .y, The resolution having been passed unanimously, Mr. J. BLEADEN, in aeknowledg,ing the compliment, said it was most gratifying to him to have his services approved of by so numerous a meeting of Shareholders. So long as he should have the happiness to enjoy their good opinion, no exertion on his part should be wanting to promote the prospe rity of the Company. * Mr. T. POWELL moved the vote of thanks to the Chair man, with whose great merits they were all so well ac quainted. Mr. ANDERSON, who hal just entered the room, seconded the resolution. lie said he was so anxious to be present, at least at some part of their pr.;ceedings, that ho had hastened so fast from a Court of Law whore he had been obliged to at tend, that lie had not breath, neither had he the capacity to do any thing like justice to th e mer it s o f th e i r exce llent Chair man. His indefatigable exertions and great abilities were well known to every shareholder. The Company had for a long time to contend against great difficulties, and it was impos sible that they could have been met with greater judgment, calmness, and determination than their Chairman had exhi bited. It was impossible that any one could have filled his station with more benefit to the Company, or more honour to himself. He felt confident that while the affairs of the Com pany were in his hands, as their Chairman, they must prosper. He (Mr. Anderson) had unlimited con fid ence in his abilities, as well as unlimited respect for his integrity. He was soiry it had not fallen into abler hands to second the resolution, or into the hands of some member of the Company possessing greater weight than himself; hut he felt assured of their tn nimous and hearty concurrence in the vote of thanks which had been proposed by his excellent friend Mr. Powell. The resolution was passed with great applause. The CHAIRMAN said he could only repeat the acknowledg ments for their kindness he had so often made. He had en deavoured to perform his duty strenuously and faithfully ; he was deeply indebted for this renewed expression of their good ' will, and should endeavour to deserve it.—( Applause. ) The ' more the shareholders strengthened the hands of the Directors, the more they would enable them to do for the benefit of the Company, which had become so great as to have a capital of nearly a quarter of a million. He had great sat'sfaction in stating, that so great was the confidence felt in the Company in the ports to which their vessels went, that shares were taken there to a considerable extent. The Chairman then observed that the thanks of the Company were justly due to their bankers, Messrs. Ladbrokes, Kingscote, and Co., for the con fidence they constantly manifested towards the Company. He moved a vote of thanks, which was passed unanimously, with applause. A SHAREHOLDER said the prospects of the Company were so encouraging that he thought they should have an anniver sary dinner.—( Cheers.) It was immediately proposed and agreed to that it should be referred to the Committee to make al the necessary arrange ments fur a dinner to celebrate the anniversary of the establish ment of the Commercial Steam-packet Company. The CHAIRMAN then adjourned the meeting. THE NIAGARA FRONTIER. LEGISLATURE OF NEW YORK.-IN SENATE, JAN. 10. Mr. E. P. Livingston, from the Joint Committee on the Gove rnor ' s special Message relative to the attack by the British forces o n t h o steam-boat Caroline, white lying at a port n our shore, mad e a rmoit, in which the Committee state it as their opinion, as well as th at of the Executive, that no legislative action is necessary in the premises at present ; that the General Government, to whom the cignizance of the affair properly belongs, has taken it in hand ; and also that the President has made a requisition on the Governor of this State for a brigade of militia, to aid not only in protecting the frontier, if neces. sary, but in enforcing our own neutrality; and that the Governor has himself accompanied the Major-General of the United States' army commanding this miWary district to the frontier, for the purpose of assisting in and facilitating the execution of his duty. Mr. Young remarked, that the Committca did not think it proper at present to ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject, inasmuch as something might occur calling for future action. The report would of course be printed ; but he was about to suggest, though it was, perhaps, unnecessary, that the present publication of it might tend to allay excitement in this vicinity. An important correspondence has been published between Mr. Fox and Mr. Forsyth. The former, under date of November 28th, an. nounces that Sir John Harvey was about to proceed from New Bruns wick to Lower Canada, crossing a part of the territory now in dispute between the United States and England; but explaining that the move_ meet is in no way connected with any recent occurrences in the dis puted lines, but solely to reinforce the British military stations in Lower Canada. Mr. Forsyth, on the 2d of December, acknowledges the receipt of the above ; and the same Gentleman, on the sth, writes to Governor Dun lap, transmitting the note of Mr. Fox to him, and remarking o❑ it, that " although the necessity of explaining a circumstance so little likely to be misapprehended by the Government or people of the United States, or of individual States, is not apparent, the motive of that expla- nation should be duly appreciated." A letter from Mr. Fox to Mr. Forsyth, dated January 4, transmits to Mr. Forsyth a dispatch received from Sir F. Head, describing the invasion of Navy Island. It appears from the statement contained in this dispatch, and I lament to say that the same facts ate fully and notoriously confirmed by in_ formation which has reached me through various other channels, that a part of the British territory of Upper Canada is at this moment actu ally invaded, the peace and safety of the inhabitants disturbed, and the existence of the Provincial Government threatened by a formidable body of armed men, proceeding from the United States, furnished with ar tillery and ammunition, and fully equipped for war. These piratical in vaders, who are now established at a point called " Navy Island," on the Canadian side of the river Niagara, consist, in part, of outlaws who had fled from Upper Canada, after the suppres sion of the late partial insurrection, in part also of American citizens, and of men of other nations who have beet) recruited for the present felonious attempt within the confines of the United States. They are commanded by a native American of the name of Van Rens selaer. They continue openly and publicly to procure, from a number of American towns near to the Canadian frontier, provisions, arms, am munition, and all other things necessary to sustain their criminal enter prise. Their strength and numbers, and means of violence, are daily increasing, by recruits and contributions raised within the United States in defiance of the known laws of the Republic; in defiance also of the recorded wishes and feelings of all respectable classes of the American people, an d to the scandal of public order and good neighbourhood be tween peaceful nations. The letter concludes with a solemn appeal to the Supreme Government of the United States, to arrest these disorders, Mr. Forsyth, under date of January 5, assures Mr. Fox that every effort will be made to prevent the misguided citizens of the United States from interfering with the affairs of Canada. He directs attention to the steps already taken for that purpose, and adds--" I now repeat to you formally, for the satisfaction of your Government, and to relieve the anxieties of the authorities of Upper Canada, that all the constitu. tional power vested in the Executive will be exerted to maintain the su premacy of those laws which were passed to fulfil the obligations of the United States to all friendly nations who may be unfortunately enraged in foreign or domestic war. "'Assurances to that effect, to the authorities of Upper Canada, may be given in the strongest terms; and the President does not doubt that this object, so desirable in the present crisis to both Governments, will be accomplished, if insurmountable obstacles are not thrown in the way by the rashness of persons within the dominions of her Britannic Ma jesty, who, in their resentment or apprehensions, may think themselves authorised to make aggressions upon the United States for injuries com mitted by individuals who are violators of our laws, and who escape pro secution and punishment, under a temporary excitement produced by the events on the frontier, and by the menaces directed against our ow❑ people by seine of her Majesty's imprudent subjects." COPY OF A LETTER FROM THE HON. JOHN ELMSLEY, Liatyr . R. N., TO THE HON. COL. A. N. MACNAB. Chippewa, Dec. 29, 1837, eight, a. tn. Sir—l have the honour to inform you, that I have just returned from the neighbourhood of Navy Island, to which point I proceeded at day break with my spy-glass to inspect the position of the rebel forces. Soon after my arrival there I perceived our eight-oared gig just round ing the northern extremity of Navy Island. She had been all round the island, and was fired at from all parts of it, with round shot, canister and grape, and musketry. On our coming abreast at Fort Schlosser, I distinctly saw two dis charges of heavy ordnance from a point on the main shore on the Ame rican side, not far from that fort. As soon as our boat had passed the 6ring ceased. I have deemed it no more than my duty to call your attention to this fact, to the truth of which lam prepared to make affidavit whenever called upon.—l have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, J. ELMSLEY, Lieut. Royal Navy. The Hon. Colonel A. Macnab, &c. Copy of a Letter from W. Lockwood, Esq., First Lieutenant of the St. Catherine's Troop of Cavalry, to the Hon Colonel Macnab, &c. - . Sir—l have the honour to inform you that this morning, at eight o'clock, about twenty men appeared on Grand Island (two miles below Black Creek), constructing a bridge across a ravine, and when they saw a party of men on the Canada shore watching their movements, they fired a volley of musketry towards them; after having completed their work, they left two men on the bridge, and retired towards the lower part of the Island.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obcCient servant, W. LOCKWOOD. First Lieut. of the St. Catherine's Troop of Cavalry. To the Hon. Colonel Macnab,.Cominander-in-Chief of the Forces of Upper Canada. Chippewa, Dec. 29, 1837. MR. HUME'S LETTER TO DR. DUNCOMBE. COPY OF • LETTER FROM JOSEPH HUME TO DR. DUNCOMEE, WHICH WAS FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATTER, SEIZED BY THE DON. COLONEL ALLAN NI`NAD, COIMANDINCI DER MAJESTY'S FORCES IN THE LONDON DISTRICT :- London, June 23, 1837. Dear Sir,—By the last packet I have sent three copies of Sir F. Head's despatch to England, with the Report of the Select Com mittee of the House of As'embly of your Province in the petition I presented from you to the House of Commons in August last, and three copies of the returns of patents of lands, &c. The letter of Sir F. Head accompanying that despatch is particularly deserving yo•.re attention, and without any delay. As Mr. Dunn left Toronto i❑ May, I had expected from you or from the Political Union, some proofs in evidence and support of the allegations in your petition, the truths of which have been called in question, and denied in no very measured terms ; your honour, veracity, and character, as a Member pf Parliament and a man, require that you should meet these charges distinctly and separately, or you will stand branded before the country in a manner most unpleasant to yourself and to me, who, reposing perfect confidence in the statements you made, and which were believed by Mr. Baldwin and stated in con nection with so many proceedings of which you were an eye.witness, that I had no doubt whatever of their truth. The letters I received about that time from Mr. M`Kenzie, and those from Mr. Baldw•in's friends, also concurred in describing the conduct of Sir F. Head and of his de. pendants as most unconstitutional and tyrannical, and I described these acts against the liberties of the Upper Canadians in such colours as poi_ trayed them in my view. All these are denied by the Committee, and Sir Francis head and you do not appear before the Committee or in the House to have explained or defended your conduct here, which I cannot account for. In whole or in part you surely ought to have been able to substantiate some of the charges made by you, unless, indeed, the loss In your family prevented you, or that you would not appear before the Committee so con. stituted as it was. 1 have been often in packed Committee against my views, but in the elucidating of truth and in the exposure of frauds, violence, or abuse of power, I have never found any Committee able to prevent me. I come in for a tolerable share of abuse, but my conduct was dependent entirely on the credit I gave to your statements ; if they are Wrong, I have been in error, and must take the eel:sequences ; but I would fain hope, that you will have been taking measures for meet. ing every allegation against you—that you and the cause you support may stand forth clear before your countrymen. I will not remain under these charges if I can by any means refute them; and for that purpose I have written to Mr. Bidwell and Dr. Morrison, as I now do to you, to send me proofs of your accuracy, and in support of the original charges against the Governor. If they are not true, we have done him an injury, and must repair it. You will receive a list of the rules for the granting and sale of lands, and a complete list of the sales and grants of lands during the time ycu required ; to these your attention must be especially directed, and I think you will find ample means for your case in that return. Send certificates of the custom of voting on patents only after two month.' holding, as you stated. The succession of the Queen and the dissolution of Parliament will prevent the Canada proceedings from coining under distinct discussion, except as regards the Act for continu ing the Parliament, notwithstanding the demise of the Crown. It is alleged that such has been the case before; but that is no reason why the Members of Sir Francis Head's Parliament should not be sent back to their constituents. I shall endeavour to obtain that for you, but have in the meantime advised addresses to the Queen to that purpOrt. You mey also recommend some petition to the new Parlia ment to the same purpose, in case I should not have succeeded for you before that time. I hope if there is a new election that the people of Upper Canada will make a better choice than they did at the last, and that that new Parliament will convince Sir Francis Head that he has had his run, and must be sent back to the Poor-law Commis. sioners or to the Brunncns. If he is right in his charges, that you, the Reformers (so styled as he says) are the few despicable and disloyal party he states you to be, he need not be afraid to appeal, arid his suc cess a second time will establish his case. You will have learned that the state of money matters before the arrival of the packet from the Peoples' Bank was such as to preclude my attention to your plans. Matters were little better here. Expecting soon to hear from you and some others,—l remain yours sincerely, JOSEPH HUME. To Dr. Duncombe, M.P., for Oxford, Upper Canada. ---------- _ BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY FOR FEBRUARY.-- Boa' performs his duty, as an editor, almost as successfully as an anther. Amongst the articles in this Number, which arc extremely varied, we have been most pleased with " Nay.l Sportsmen and the Duel," by " The Old Sailor ; " The Poisoners of the Seventeenth Century," by George Hogarth ; The Persian Barber," by Mr. Monier ; " A Sporting Ramble in the Highlands," . from the pen of Lord William Lennox ; " The Inukeeper of Andcrmatt," by Captain Med win ; and a memoir of that tecentric individual, the Rev. Robett Hogg, by Mr. Maxwell; this latter article is capital. The new chapters of " Oliver Twist" are very attractive in the present Number. They are admirably written ; the cha racters are brought out with great force and truth. The scene between the amatory beadle and the diffident matron of a workhouse is inimitab!e. Two very characteristic sketches, by George Cruikshank, accompany the Number. —Morning A considerable number of forged Bank of iigland 51., have been passed in thi s town, as we ll a ni 0 / 13 . , the last th ree wee k s. T hese i a r a n l d i n 2 g o i / i . on notes , du ring forgeries are admirably executed, and would deceive even those in the habit of having much to do with money.—Sal(l - Jo4ntal, Der Stranders Tochter ( The Wrecker's Daugh ter), of Sheridan Knowles, has been translated into German by the Baron Freitshke, and completely succeded at the theatre of the Court at Vienna. At the same theatre a new tragedy was in preparation, entitled Ante ti, by Haim, the author of Griseldis, THE QUEEN'S LEVEE, &c. (From the Court Newsman.) The Queen held her first Levee this season yesterday after noon, at St. James's Palace. Iler Majesty arrived shortly before two o'clock from the New P.ilace, attended by her suite, in three carriages, with an escort of the Life Guards. The Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms assembled at the Palace, and were inspected by their Captain, Lord Fo ley, on the commencement of their duties for the season. Mr. Reeve, Standard-bearer of the Corps, Mr. Albert Bcetham, Clerk of the Cheque, and Mr. Wilson, the Queen's Harbin ger, were present. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Sussex, the Duke of Cambridge, and Prince George of Cambridge, came to attend the Levee. At two o'clock her Majesty took her station in the Throne room, attended by the Duchess of Sutherland, the Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Countess of Durham, Lord Lilford, the lion. Colonel Cavendish, Sir Fred. Stovin, and Colonel Buck ley ; her Majesty's train being borne by Masters Ellice and Cavendish, the Pages of Honour. The entree company were introduced, and afterwards the general Levee. The following presentations to her Majesty took place : Count Revel, the Sardinian Secretary of Legation, by the Count de Pollen, the Sardinian Minister. Prince Jean Soutzo, the Grecian Secretary of Legation, by the Prince Soutz:), the Grecian Minister. Baron d'o,npteda (late Minister of Stet) and M. Lich tenberg (late Privy Councillor of Lcration), to take leave; and Sir John Hall, Hanoverian Consul, by Baron Munchau sen, the Hanoverian Minister. Count Philippe de Rohan Chabot, Second Secretary to the French Embassy, and M. Durant Saint Andre, Consul- General of France in London, by his Excellency the French Ambassador. Count J. Ferdinand de Taafe, Chevalier of the Sovereign Order of St. Jerusalem, and Member of the States of Moravia and Bohemia, by M. Humrnelauer, Austrian Charge d'Affaires. Lieut.-Col. Sir Frederick Smith, Gentleman Usher Privy Chamber, by the Lord Chamberlain. Lieut.. Col. Ly s t er , G ent l eman Usher Daily Waiter, by the Lord Chamberlain. Mr. Martins, Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter, and of the Sword of State, by tha Lord Chamberlain. Mr. Beresford, Groom of the Privy Chamber, by the Lord Chamberlain. Captain Green, Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter, by the Lord Chamberlain. Major Hyde kissed hands as Assistant Master and Marshal of the Ceremonies. Mr. Justice Coltman, by the Lord Chancellor. The Paymaster -General to kiss hands. Sir Edwin Pcdrson, Lieutenant of the Yeoman Guard, by the Earl of Ilchestcr. The Right Hon. George Byng, on his appointment of Lieu tenant-Colonel in the Royal West Middlesex Militia, by the Duke of Argyll. Mr. Ellerthorp, Clerk of the Cheque of the Yeomen of the Guard, by the Earl of Ilchestcr. Mr. Wilson, the Queen's Harbinger, by Lord Foley. Mr. Charles Hancock, Exon of the Yeomen of the Guard, by the Earl of Ilchester. The Dean of Hereford, Deputy- Clerk of the Closet, on his re-appointment, by the Lord Bishop of NoriAich, Clcrk of the Closet. The Levee was attended by the Russian and French Ambas sadors ; Sarem Effendi, Ottoman Ambassador, attended by M. Salaine, her Majesty's Oriental Interpreter ; the Neapolitan, Prussian, Wirtemberg, Bavarian, Netherlands, Brazilian, United States, Spanish, Sardinian, Grecian, Hanoverian, and Saxon Ministers ; M. de Ilummelauer (Austrian), Count Billo Brahe ( Danish), Baron de Rehausen (Swedish), M. Achart ( Belgium ),and the Chevalier Rebello de Cary alho ( Portugue c) Charge d'Affaires ; Baron de Bourqueney, First Secretary to the French Embassy ; M. d'Odelga, Secretary, and Baron Lebzet tern, attache to the Austrian Embassy ; Count de Plessen, Secretary to the Danish Legation ; Edib Effendi, First Se cretary ; Emin Effendi, Second Secretary ; and Agob Aga, Interpreter of the Ottoman Embassy, were presented to the Qu. en, by his Excellency, Sarem Effendi ; G. Capeen Ga lesta dei Duchi di Regina, Secretary of the Sicilian Lega tion ; Count Charles Pozzo di Borgo ; the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Bishop of London, Mr. Colqulioun, Agent and Consul-General for the Hanse Towns ; the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the President of the India Board, the Presi dent ef the Board of Trade, the Secretary at War, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Earl Marshal, the Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, Lord Hill, Gold Stick in waiting ; the Master of the Rolls, the Master-General of the Ordnance, the Paymaster- General, Sr Henry Wheatley, Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse ; the Vice Chamberlain, the Master of the Queen's Buck Hounds, Mr. Backhouse, Under Secretary of State ; the Treasurer of the Household ; the Comptroller of the Household, the Adjutant-General of the Forces, the Master of the Cremories, the Solicitor-General, Mr. Thomas Shift . - ner, Paymaster of the Household; Colonel Lambert, Field- Officer in Waiting ; Colonel Richardson, Royal Horse Guards, Silver Stick, in waiting; Captain Sir Andrew Green, extra Naval Aide-dc-Camp in Waiting ; Captain Hugh Fitzroy, Grenadier Guards, Adjutant in waiting ; Captain Pe ellen, R. N., M. P., Equerry to her Majesty Queen Adelaide. DUKES—Wellington, Montrose, Dorset, Sutherland, Beau fort. MArtpotsts—Anglesey, Chandos, Salisbury, Sligo, Camden, licadfort. EARLS—Tankerville, Coventry, Shrewsbury, Munster, Huntingdon, Candor, Uxbridge, Erroll, Shaftesbury, Had dington, Stanhope, Durham, Aberdeen. ViscouNTs—Duncan. B,rosford, Barrington, Jocelyn, Syd n2y, Torrington, Falkland, Ebrington, Cantilupe, Eastnor, Strang ford. Lottos—Worsley, Byron, Mahon, Langdalo, Dalmeny, F. Fitzclarence, A. Fitzclarence, Hotham, Langford, Francis Egerton, Nlorpeth, Fitzroy Somerset, Cowley, Fitzgerald and Vesci, Ellenborough, Nugent, Rayleigh, Granville Somer set, J. S. Churchill, Leveson, Ashley, Seymour, James Stuart, Segrave. Bishops—Hereford, St. Asaph, Carlisle. RIGHT IiONOUItABLES H. Goulburn, Sir W. Fremantle, G. C. H., Sir Brook Taylor, C. Tennyson D'Eyncourt, J. C. [berries, Sir J. Beckett, Bart., Sir Robert Gordon, T. Frank land Lewis, Frederick Shaw, M. P., Sir Robert Adair, Admiral Sir J. Cockburn, Henry llobhouse, Sir E. Hyde Ea=t. lIONOURABLES—CharIes Law, Rev. H. D. Erskine, Cap tain Byrlc?, R. N., Thomas Dundas, W. Bathurst, Captain Grey, Augustus Barrington, Vesey Dawson, John Pon sonhy, R. 13. Wilbraham, M. P., 11. Liddell. JUDGES—Coleridge, Patteson. BARONETS—AstIey Cooper, G. C. 11., Hugh Hume Camp bell, M. P., James Clark, Robert Peel, W. Young, D. Kin loch, J. Rae Reid, Robert Campbell, J. R. Carnac, M.P., C. H. Coote, Thomas Fremantle, R. H. Inglis. KNIGHTS—George Carroll, Moses Montefiore, William Follett, Charles Aldis, James Duke, M. P., Francis Palgrave, K.H., Eardley Wilmot, Harris Niehola3, K. C. M.G., T. Troubridge, A. Leith Hay, F. A. Roe, James Eyre, Dudley Hill, Watkin Pell, Charles Blunt, John Hill, C. H. Vaughan, John Z. Ilansler, H. Willeck, J. Hall, K. C H. DEANS—Bristol, Hereford. REV. DOETORS—Foord Bowes, Dakins, Short, Hunt, Hampden, Vivian. R a y. MESSIEURS-...F. Bayley, E. ProclLTerz, W. Beresford, J. Horsley Dakins, William Owen, J. D. - Dundas, J. S. M. Anderson, J. Abbess, B. Byain. DocTons—Chambers, Corson, Bright, John Hamett. SHERIFF—WiIIiam Walsh. UNDER SHERIFFS—Wire, Maynard, the Provost of Eton. COMMISSARY-GENERALS -Sir John Bissett, K. C. H., Petrie. , V IttritP, ~~ ;~~ MESSIEURS.—Edmund Lionel Wel., Cavendish, Hogg, Meek, Gaily Knigh wood, IL Blackmore, John Lock, H. G. Havter, J. B. Curling, R. Charnock, xs - Topieft.Fllll)loo. 7 Cochrne, S. Spring Rice, J. Mercer, W. .'Clarice, Koch, Joy, Q. C., W. H. Bodkin, A. Buchanan, Craddock, Wal ford, B. Oliveira, J. F. Strangways, .1. P. Muspratt, W. Harrison, Q. C., Stephen: , on, Stanley, M.P., C. Wood, M. P., Copeland, J. Copling, H. St. George Tucker, Crawford, M. P., A. Hughes, Phillips, Vigno!cs, J. O'Brien, Gregson, Maher, M.P., G. Stephen, Croker, E. B. Clive, R. Bid. dulph, 11. Cullen, F. W. Bossy, Blagden, C. K. Nicholls, F. A. Whitaker, Christopher, J. M. Fullerton, Handley, H. B. Rathbone, F. Howard, S. Sadler, W. Collins, M.P., Charles Lamb, H. Widdington, W. B. Diamond, C. Taw. ney, C. J. Saddler, G. Stacey, Talboys, Blennerinsalett, M. P., Higford- Burr, M. P., Deering, East, M. P., W, 8, O'Brien, W. L. Newton, G. H. Cavendish, Littledala• North Buxton, Biddulph, Nusscy, R. 13iddulph 1 C. ',T. bun. das, M.P., Merivale, Grottan, Nugent, C. H. Ways mouth, Macdonald, Rich, Wm. Kingdon, Gculburn, Alston, Sturges Bourne, V. Smith, S. Gurney, jun., Edn,. PrAtneroe, M. P., T. Fuwell B uxton, W . H ughes Hughes.; W. B. Bay ley, Redington, Hart, John Talbot, Sanfor'2, •Babbanv, nor Don, Divett, Wm. Lascelles, - Larubton, O . ° R. Cor ner , J. H. Warter, Seymour TeulDn, John liumphers% M. p., Donald Hulmes, Bullock, F. M o l yneux, IL Stewart; one' Id Maclean, Yi.:. - ng, M.P., Willi am Erle, Moore, R. Walker, b 1 P.. Loch, Q. C., J. Win - 1- '41",. "... Puyn, G. Gill, W. 0. Stan -I,y, P., Sanders, Rice, Wm. Cocks, N. B. Ed rut:stone, :.;exander, J. Manning, IL Sheen, St. Paul, Park-, Bateman, M P., W. H. Butler, Robertson, Browning, Standish, E. Ilolroyd, R. Alston. GENERALS—Sir George Murray, Sir Frederick Wetherell, G. C. H., Sir William Thornton, Gardiner, Sir Willoughby Gordon, Sir George Anson, F. Somerset, Earl of Carnwath, Lomax, Mawby, Morrison, Lord C. Manners, Sir F. Ma clean, Bart., Sir J. L. Lushington, Capel, White, Andersen, Sir W. de Tuyll, Sir H. S. Keating, L'Estrange, Berkeley, Sir M. O'Connell, Sir R. Donkin, Sir F. W. Mulcaster, Wulff, Si: C. Dalbiac, Sir G. Walker. CoLosEr.s—Seale, Purvis, Cornwall, Sir Robert Gardiner, K. C. 8., Vans Agnew, C. 8., Wildman, Sir A. Dalrvmple, D'Oyley, Wylde, Hon. H. Murray, Story, Marquis of Douro, Tremenhecre, Owen, Shaw, Addison, E. Parkinson, Alex ander, Moody, Craufurd, Findlay, Rawdon, Ross, lion. B. Molyneux, Cockburn, Astell, Chaplin, Greenwood, Clive, Jones, Stanhope, J. Ross, Sir G. Teesdale, Hon. H. Hut chinson, Wears, Maclachlan, Sir H. St. Paul, Bastard, Co nclly, Camlbell, Loftus, Dyneley, Warre, Copland, For seth, Anson, Bushbrook, E. J. Mercer, C. 11. Baines, L. Badcock, C. E. Cox, Patteson, Ellicombe, Guille, Collings. Marorts—Freshfield, M. P., H enr y Dundas Campbell, Luard, Longlev,y Brook es , Ratcliffe, B. Edwa r d s , K . H. , Mackie, G. L. Mitchell, Chipehase, Thornhill, Bell. CaPriass—Hugh Fitzroy, Weymouth, Hon. Cecil Fores ter, Arthur Ogle, Robe, M'Queeti, J. Doveton, Hennis, Rai nier, Slater, Ellis, J. Mathias, Enoch, J. H. Stevens, W. Hunter, Yule, G. Tapp, Fenwick, Yarricknesebock, Cooke, F. Simpson, Croft. CORNETS—Wauchope, Perceval, Hoed, Methuen. • LIEL TENANTS—Mackir non, Cartwright, J. S. Capron, O'Connor, Donkin, Adjutant S. B:ownrigg, Gardiner, J. H. Mercer, Harnett, Yorke, Fuller, Lewin, Perceval, Broke, • W. .1. P. Wade, Winter, Rohcason, Peyton, D. Hill, Hon. B. Gore, I. Whitlock, Peshall, G. Bcscawen, Fleming, Ripon, Tremenheere. Exsioxs—Warre, Moore, C. F. Seymour, G. Gravatt, Enoch, Jauncey, Pr) c ADMIRALS—Sir P. C. H. Durham, G. C. 8., Sir C.-Adam, Sir W. Pinker, Sir P. Male, Ln. CAPTAINS—Lord Fred. Gordon, Bowk , s, Brown, Cole, Dandas, M. P., Sir G. Troubridge, J. Percy, Strong, J. C. R iss, 11. Smith, Macnamara, Bacic, R. Oliver, Harvey, emantle, Dalling, W. Jones, Sir E. Home, air W. A. Mo.,tazu, Nies, Fair, Ila:vey, licrnby. COMMANDERS—Powuev, T. H. ; H. Eyres, C. H. Buckle, Byron, W. 11. Quin, T. - Mathias, Milward, Parlby, Austin, W. Horley, J. Aletiander, W. J. Cole, K. 11., W. Preston. LIEUTENANT—W. H. Godard. A number of petitions were presented to her Majesty, ex pressive of congratulation, &c. &c. 1 - I':r Majesty gave audiences to the Field-officer in Waiting and the Captain of the Guard, Viscount Nlelbourt e S r Jolt llobhouse, Viscount Pahnorston, Lord Hill, and the Earl of Durham. Lord Lilford and Sir Frederick Stovin were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. The Royal dinner party, last evening, at the New Pelee-, included the Duke of Wellington, the Earl and Countess of Surrey, Visccunt Melbourne, Lord aryl Lady Francis E,,e ton, and Sir F. Stovin. CHURCH -RATES. TO THE EDITOR OF OF THE SUN. SIR,—I wish to ask your advice respecting a seizure m( de upon me for the Church -rate. My house is rated at 30/. per annum. Three years ego they brought me in a rate on 351. per annum. I appealed against it, and they reduced it to 30/. The following year they brought me in the rate of 35/. again. I objected to the payment on account of its being rated 5L more than just, but have never made any further appeal ; th( y have seized upon me for two years' arrears, at 35/ , whiut makes 3s. 4d. more than due, with ss. 6d. broker's expencir. I feel it very loud as a working man to be obli g e l to lose one day every year in making an appeal against au unjust rate, and I request your advice as to what step I can take to obtain any kind of redress, or whether I must pay the over rate aed cxpences. I remain, &c. lIODGKINSON. 35, Wakefield -street, St. Pancras, Feb. 10, 1833. [ We fear there is not much chance of redress for our corre spondent. Allowing the church authorities to have acted im properly, a lawsuit with them, in such a case, would be a remedy worse than the disease. He must, therefore, make up his mind either to pay the demand made upon him, or to let the goods seized be sold. The house may have been built since the last general valuation of the parish, and in that case, we apprehend, the Churchwardens have a' discretionary power to rate. If it is rated higher than other houses of the same class in the neighbourhood, an appeal to the Sessions is the proper course for redress ; but it is attended with trouble and loss of time, more than equivalent to the differeace in the amount of the two rates.] 'HE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 2, Verulam-buildings, Gray's-inn, Feb. 14, 1838. should feel extremely obliged by your correcting the error into which your reporter has, I am quite sure, unin tentionally fallen, in the report which you have given in The Sun newspaper of last evening, where you state that in the cause of Savaze v. Smith, tried yesterday in the Sheriff of Middlesex's Office, the plaintiff was nonsuited from the ab sence of a maternal witness, who was rot called (as is usual) upon his subpoena, in consequence of the plaintiff's attorney having accidentally omitted to bring with him the original writ of subpoena.- Such I can assure you is not the case, the witness having been called three times upon his subpoena, which was duly in Court. This statement cen be verified by Mr. Mountain, the Crier of the Court, if you require it. I should feel much obliged if you would correct this uninten tional error as soon as possible, such a statement being, as no - doubt you sec, prejudicial to my professional character. I remain, Sir, yours very obediently, EDWARD RICE, Plaintiff's Attorney. MODE OF SECURING WATER-PIPES AGAINST FROST.-During the late frost, almost every family in England has suffered from an evil which might have been very nearly if not entirely prevented by a very simple precaution, and at very inconsiderable cost. I refer to the freezing of water in pipes. On the return of mild weather, the pipes in most cases have burst, and great injury has been done to property and health. If the water-pipes• had been inclosei in pipes or. case:, and surrounded two inches, or even one inch, by saw dust, coal-ashes, or, better still, powdered charcoal, (v hick is one of the best non-conductors we know,) the water in the pipes would have retained its temperature, and the inconve nience complained of could not have taken place. There would also be this additional advantage, that is summer the water would not be (as most of the London water is) tepid when drawn from the pipe. I have been greatly surprised to find that in houses built with the utmost care, at very great expense, and by the most eminent architects, such an obvious and simple preventative against so general and serious an evil should have been so generally overlooked.—London, Feb. 13. SOUTH AMERICA AND THE PACIFIC.—TWO volumes under this title have been just publiAied ; they con. tain a very interesting account of a journey across the Pam pas and the Andes, from Buenos Ayres to Valparaiso, Lima, and Panama, performed by the lion. P. C. Scarlett, and they abound with anecdotes and descriptions which will afford both information and amusement to almost all classes of readers. The most important part of the work, however, consists in observations on the possibility of establishing a communica tion between the eastern and western coasts of the American continent, and in plans and statements for establishing steam navigatio❑ on the Pacific. This portion of the work is ex tremely valuable. The writer has brought into one point of view the arguments in support of the possibility of forming the proposed communication, has discussed the objections to the plan with fairness, and has furnished the inquirer with statisti cal tables, collected with great industry, and arranged with accuracy and care. The whole of the work will be read with pleasure ; but the gr, at comme7cial and political interests connected with the statements in this division of it require the public attention particularly to be drawn to its considera tion.— Times. CQLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINC AND HUMOrRIST.—EDITED fly THEODORE HOOIC, ESQ.—PVC must again express our gratificition at the amusing nature of this Nlagazine, and the s e irit and ability with which its character is maintained. The " Guerney Papers" this month contain more histories of the perplexities of poor Gilbert. " Some Passages in the Life of Major Gahagan," is a sort of Munch ausen story, m ith all the raciness of the Baron about it, but in better taste. " The Female Portrait Gallery, No. 2 --Constance"— by L. E, L., is an excellent critique on Marmon. " Trade itional Confessions—the Pawnbroker," is full of curious matter. " The Manager's Note Book, No. 4," concludes the life of Mathews, and gives us a good account of Mrs. Abing don, a:id a funny sketch of a bespeak in a country town. " The Phantom Ship" c;lrries us through the wreck by fire, which is succeeded by another by reeks. " Little Pedlington in a Pucker" communicates the r esu l ts o f the publication of Nix's Memoirs, which set the whole t own i n an uproar. To conclude, the Nall Monthly is decidedly the best periodical of its own kind now published.—. Tyne Me rcury.